Organization, Management, Economic Consequences, And Legal Qualification of the Massacres of Armenians In January 1990 in Baku

Abstract

Anti-Armenian pogroms in Baku, the capital of the Azerbaijan SSR, have become systematic and widespread since January 13, 1990. The massacres of Armenians continued for a week, until January 19. The inaction (sometimes active participation) of law enforcement agencies during the massacres, the encouragement of pogroms by the authorities, the presence of organized groups of rioters in the city prove the organized nature of the Baku pogrom and that it was controlled from one center. The Baku pogrom had painful consequences, including mass murder, deportation, and economic (material) damage. There is enough historical data about the Baku pogrom to assert that international crimes against Armenians were committed in Baku in 1990.